Public art
Campaigners fight to preserve monumental Soviet-era murals in Ukraine
Victor Arnautoff’s large-scale 1960s mosaics on public buildings in Mariupol are threatened by neglect and a “decommunisation” campaign
A year after George Floyd’s death, art memorials are at a crossroads
Efforts to preserve murals and street art are growing, as are threats to sites around the country, including the intersection where Floyd was killed
Bosco Sodi brings a hopeful, reflective public art performance to Manhattan
The work invites members of the public to bring home and plant one of 439 small clay spheres, each with seeds inside
Sarah Oppenheimer will create a monumental permanent work for the University of Texas at Austin
The commission is part of the university’s Landmarks public art programme, which includes pieces by artists like Louise Bourgeois and Mark di Suvero
Take the stage, New York: Rashid Johnson will build a platform for the public as Creative Time’s summer project
The city’s residents will be able to use the space for performances or public action, as well as take part in a programme of artist-led events
From the archive | James Turrell will unveil another Skyspace this year in the Colorado mountains
The permanent work will be installed on a hillside in Green Mountain Falls later this summer
Critters to take over Cork Street for London Gallery Weekend
Swiss artist Gina Fischli is making 3m-high banners
Sanford Biggers unveils monolithic sculpture at Rockefeller Plaza
The work is part of a campus-wide exhibition exploring themes around European and African mythologies
‘Some Like It Not’: protesters rally against plan to install Marilyn Monroe sculpture near Palm Springs Art Museum
Dozens gather to denounce sexualised depiction of actress with her skirt flying up
David Hammons's monumental public sculpture Day's End is done
The steel frame structure, which recreates the outline of a former warehouse on the Hudson River, is now a permanent fixture on the shoreline
Creative Time launches Kickstarter campaign for Kamala Sankaram’s concrete opera about trees
The immersive soundscape features sounds from nature and is inspired by research into how trees communicate
New Dread Scott works critiquing power structures censored by Instagram as ‘hate speech’
The text-based pieces, installed on the façade of a New York theatre, probe American imperialism and white supremacy
Work for the Weekend: Vancouver unveils sound piece inspired by 1980s working-class pop anthem
The public art work by the local artist Brady Cranfield has been installed in the Vancouver Art Gallery's newly pedestrianised south plaza
Stitching together a monument to sick kids, one bead at a time
Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams’s testament to the bravery of children facing difficult illnesses has been created using pieces that record every procedure, test or jab of a needle they undergo
Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce to unveil 2km-long wall mural in London’s East End
Longest public art piece in Europe reflects community life, charting 170 local stories
Marc Quinn’s BLM protestor statue could be reinstalled on Bristol plinth that held slave trader monument
Sculpture of Edward Colston was pulled down by activists last summer and will now be placed in a museum
Miami’s art world allergic to plan for cat and dog sculpture park
A nearly $1m project to be permanently installed next to the Pérez Art Museum Miami has raised opposition from the local art scene
Six artists—including Nicole Eisenman and Ibrahim Mahama—shortlisted for Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth public art commission
Winning sculptures will go on show in central London in 2022 and 2024
After an extended fight, acclaimed sculptural installation will leave National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington
An accord calls for Elyn Zimmerman’s Marabar to head to a new site, with the move and reinstallation financed by the society
Bloomberg Philanthropies grants for street murals open for applications
Up to $25,000 in award money will fund projects in as many as 20 US cities
Are museums as Covid-risky as saunas? Culture leaders outraged over late reopening of English art spaces
Commercial galleries, non-essential retail, and even gyms have been given the green light to open before museums under the UK government's "roadmap" to lift coronavirus restrictions
Bank of England wades into UK's escalating culture war on controversial monuments, saying it will remove images of slave owners
“Retain and explain” or restrain and refrain? Culture chiefs raise the alarm on government’s policy to keep problematic statues ahead of crucial meeting
Chicago’s list of 41 public statues for review includes depictions of Native Americans and several monuments of Abraham Lincoln
The city-formed advisory committee is now asking for public feedback on the works, as well as considering proposals for new monuments
Smoke sculptures, word gardens and a ‘jackrabbit homestead’: Desert X announces artist projects for third edition
Judy Chicago, Oscar Murillo, Nicholas Galanin and others to present works in Southern California's first major art event since the pandemic shutdown last year
Keep problematic monuments and ‘explain them’, UK government to tell cultural leaders
Opponents argue that some public statues reinforce racism, chauvinism, sexism and homophobia
Maya Lin’s 'ghost forest' will rise in Madison Square Park this spring
The installation about climate change was postponed for a year due to the pandemic
In unanimous decision, Kinderhook zoning board recognises Nick Cave’s Truth Be Told is art not a sign
The village zoning board agreed with public and art world opinion that the vinyl text installation is “a political message in art”
With Mardi Gras parades cancelled, New Orleans artists create House Floats
Local artists and designers have used their float decorating skills to turn neighbourhood houses into lavishly festooned marvels